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The Forecast Changes Everything In Seattle

December 2, 2009 5 Comments

Seattle Five Day ForecastI’ve been quiet. Two reasons: we’ve been sick in our house and I didn’t like the posts I’d written.
It’s sunny in Seattle today.  This changes everything for those of us who inhabit this part of the globe.  It is goodness.  I’m finally feeling more than just battery powered.  So I’ll be speaking up again.
I also got some sleep last night.  All parents know how good this is after days of not having it.  It’s a zebra in the horse world when you live with and care for 2 boys who have colds.
We have a whiff of croup at our house and the boys haven’t been sleeping well.  Last night, they did.  And I awoke to this day of sunshine.  Then I looked at the 5-day forecast and knew I’d make it through…

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  1. chris says

    December 2, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    I love sunny and cold in seattle. The mountains were spectacular!

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  2. Stephen H says

    December 21, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    I keep those forecasts taped around the office as a reminder that it can happen. Plus I only take pictures in Seattle on sunny days so that when we are looking back through photos and reminiscing about the good ol’ days it looks sunnier than it actually is.

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  3. Chris says

    December 27, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Ah, croup! I have spent many an hour with a coughing child and a running shower! I also spent a few days dealing with a child at Children’s who had croup (one time we arrived on Thanksgiving where his oxygen level was less than 70%). Fortunately the protocol has changed it is no longer automatic that a child stay overnight for the medication required (he is now 21 years old, medicine changes as time goes on, then the medication required monitoring for heart issues).

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  4. Terry says

    December 28, 2009 at 10:43 am

    Brrr! Clear and cool (not frigid) is great here in the winters. (For future reference, you can take screen captures of your iphone screen by holding the “home” button down then pressing the “on/off” button. Presto! Screen image saved in your photos!)

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  5. Wendy Sue Swanson, MD says

    December 28, 2009 at 11:41 am

    Agreed. Croup can sometimes require ER observation, intervention and medication. Croup can even require hospitalization overnight. We hospitalize children in severe cases when they are in respiratory distress, needing oxygen, requiring multiple medications or we worry about worsening symptoms. See the above link in the text for general overview of croup and reasons to seek urgent care.

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